Cyclists endure a downpour Sunday as they ride in the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center?s Tour de Tolerance 100K bike race. Funds raised in the race benefit the museum. MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
Cyclists endure a downpour Sunday as they ride in the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center's Tour de Tolerance 100K bike race. Funds raised in the race benefit the museum. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

A soldier wears a big smile after competing in the 100-meter dash Wednesday at the Army Trials at Fort Bliss. The games are a qualifier for the Warrior Games. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

A young Mexican boy shows Rosemary Martinez of the Autonomous Berets how easy it is to climb the border wall in Anapra Monday during a BNHR press conference. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Teresa Nevarez, Deputy Director of the Border Network for Human Rights, stands letters against the border wall in Anapra as they prepare for a press conference with the Poor People’s Campaign Monday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Bishop Mark Seitz leads mass on the border near the Chihuahuita neighborhood in downtown El Paso Saturday as Juarez joins on their side of the river. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Ramon Garcia prays at the summit of Mount Cristo Rey Sunday after making the trek up the mountain.
photos by MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Ramon Garcia prays at the summit of Mount Cristo Rey Sunday after making the trek up the mountain. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Thousands enjoyed the Veterans Day parade in downtown El Paso Saturday morning. The hourlong parade featured veterans from various wars, bands and high school JROTC groups.
Photos by MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Judge Alex Gonzalez gets a double hug after swearing in new EPISD trustee Mickey Loweree as she holds her son, Christian Martinez, on Thursday before the board meeting.
photos by MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
Judge Alex Gonzalez gets a double hug after swearing in new EPISD trustee Mickey Loweree as she holds her son, Christian Martinez, on Thursday before the board meeting. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Paso Sector read the names of the 124 agents killed in the line of duty since 1924 and ring a bell during the Honor Roll Call ceremony in El Paso in May.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
U.S. Border Patrol Agents from the El Paso Sector read the names of the 124 agents killed in the line of duty since 1924 and ring a bell during the Honor Roll Call ceremony in El Paso in May. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Ramon ?Ray? Marquez is a retired Marine gunnery sergeant who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Ramon "Ray" Marquez is a retired Marine gunnery sergeant who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Coronado won the Westside Bowl over Franklin by a touchdown. The rivalry game, as it always is, was played at the Sun Bowl.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Coronado won the Westside Bowl over Franklin Thursday 35-28. The annual rivalry game is played at the Sun Bowl. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Children wave from a lighted float during the Celebration of Lights and Parade Saturday night in downtown El Paso.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Kids wave from a lighted float during the Celebration of Lights and Parade Saturday night in downtown El Paso. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Photos by MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
The casket with the body of civil rights pioneer and former El Paso Mayor Bert Williams is taken to Fort Bliss National Cemetery on Wednesday after a funeral Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1118 N. Mesa St. Williams wrote El Paso?s first desegregation ordinance in 1962. He served in the Merchant Marine in World War II and participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He died May 24.
The casket with the body of civil rights pioneer and former El Paso Mayor Bert Williams is taken to Fort Bliss National Cemetery on Wednesday after a funeral Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1118 N. Mesa St. Williams wrote El Paso's first desegregation ordinance in 1962. He served in the Merchant Marine in World War II and participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He died May 24. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Photos by MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Maria Elena de Loera strokes her daughter Ali Escobedo?s hair at El Paso Children?s Hospital. Loera, a Mexican citizen, is fighting to stay in the United States to be by her daughter?s side as she undergoes treatment for small cell osteosarcoma.
Maria Elena de Loera strokes her daughter Ali Escobedo's hair at El Paso Children's Hospital. Loera, a Mexican citizen, is fighting to stay in the United States to be by her daughter's side as she undergoes treatment for small cell osteosarcoma. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Marcia Fulton feeds a curve-billed thrasher at the Second Chance Wildlife Rescue in Vado on Thursday. The rescue cares mostly for birds, but it also cares for a variety of wild animals.
PHOTOS BY MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
Marcia Fulton feeds a Curve-Billed Thrasher at the Second Chance Wildlife Rescue in Vado Thursday. The rescue cares mostly for birds. It also cares for a variety of wild animals. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Former bracero Leopoldo Avila, 93, wears a proud smile as he looks over a decaying building at the Rio Vista Farm in Socorro where he was processed in and out many times. Avila said he didn?t encounter any prejudice while in the United States but instead praised the country that adopted him. ?My grandkids aren?t picking cotton,? he said during a panel discussion. ?They?re moving up and up.? The event was hosted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Photos by MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
Former Bracero Leopoldo Avila, 93, wore a proud smile as he looked over a decaying building at the Rio Vista Farm in Socorro where he was processed in and out many times. Braceros entering the area were processed through the Rio Vista Farm. Avila said he didn't encounter any prejudice while in the United States but instead praised the county which adopted him. "My grandkids aren't picking cotton," he said during a panel discussion. "They're moving up and up." The event was hosted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Arturo Reyes pauses after placing his boutonniere on his father and World War II veteran Apolonio Reyes? casket Friday at Mount Carmel Cemetery. Apolonio Reyes, a World War II veteran and a member of one of the nation's bravest military companies, died Monday at the age of 96. Reyes was a member of Rifle Company E, 141st U.S. Army Infantry, 36th Division, which was a National Guard unit activated in 1940.†It had a vital role in the†liberation of Rome during World War II.
photos by MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Arturo Reyes pauses after placing his boutonniere on his father and World War II veteran Apolonio Reyes' casket Friday at Mount Carmel Cemetery. Apolonio Reyes, a World War II veteran and a member of one of the nation's bravest military companies, died Monday at the age of 96.Reyes was a member of Rifle Company E, 141st U.S. Army Infantry, 36th Division, which was a National Guard unit activated in 1940.It had a vital role in theliberation of Rome during World War II. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Top: Artists Jake Newsum, inside the globe, and Curime Batliner clean their sphere, which is part of an art installation titled ?Spheres of Influence.? The installation will be featured at Chalk the Block this weekend. Using data, the artists will highlight the connection and separation between El Paso and Juárez. Other featured artists include Yoko Ono and her Wish Tree, Scott Cohen?s Life Cube, Cycle Sonic and the Sun Metro Bus-Art on the Move. The event, which began Friday night, continues from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
photos by
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Artists Jake Newsum, inside the globe, and Curime Batliner clean their sphere which is part of an art installation titled 'Spheres of Influence.' The installation will be featured at Chalk the Block this weekend. Using data, the artists will highlight the connection and separation between El Paso and Juarez. Other featured artists include Yoko Ono and her Wish Tree, Scott Cohen's Life Cube, Cycle Sonic and the Sun Metro Bus-Art on the Move. The event, which began Friday night, continues from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Mylan Archuleta, 8, is ready to dance Saturday at the Rocking the Rez Pow Wow hosted by the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. Native dancers and drummers converged on the reservation to share their traditions with one another and educate non-natives about their culture and traditions.
photos by MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
Mylan Archuleta, 8, is ready to dance Saturday at the Rocking the Rez Pow Wow hosted by the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. Native dancers and drummers converged on the reservation to share their traditions with one another and educate non-natives their culture and traditions. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

The Rev. William Barber II prays with Virginia Santana on Monday through the border wall at Sunland Park.
Photos by MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES
The Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the New Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, prays with Virginia Santana on Monday through the border wall at Sunland Park and the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez after a joint news conference with the Border Network for Human Rights. The campaign seeks to unite all people to return society to the decent treatment of one another and end racism. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES, MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert Chisolm’s first combat parachute jump was on June, 6, 1944— D-Day. He went on to earn the Triple Combat Infantry Badge after jumping in to Europe during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Of the 48 million who have served the United States in the armed forces, he is one of only 324 veterans to have earned the Combat Infantry Badge with two stars. The Benavidez-Patterson All Airborne Chapter will host a D-Day observance celebrating Chisolm and all World War II veterans today (Tuesday) at 10am at the Chamizal National Memorial Theatre. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

U.S. Border Patrol pall bearers carry the body of fellow Agent Rogelio Martinez to a graveside service at Restlawn Cemetery in El Paso on Saturday. Martinez died a day after being found injured in the West Texas desert near Van Horn on Nov. 18. The FBI is investigating his death.
photos by MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES
U.S. Border Patrol pall bearers carry the body of fellow Agent Rogelio Martinez to a graveside service at Restlawn Cemetery in El Paso on Saturday, November, 25, 2017. Martinez died a day after being found injured in the West Texas desert near Van Horn on Nov. 18. The FBI is investigating his death. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

2017 was a year of saying goodbye to veterans at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham dances with folklorico dancers after arriving in El Paso to lead his team against North Carolina State in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Folklorico dancers perform for the Arizona State football team in the Atlantic Aviation hangar at the El Paso International Airport Monday. Arizona State arrived in El Paso to face North Carolina State in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser tries to hide his emotions as members of the community thank him and five council members on their final meeting following the city election. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Virginia Mendez grieves on her brother Ismael Garcia’s grave marker at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery following a memorial service for the U.S. Army Corporal who went Missing in Action on December, 2, 1950 while fighing in the Korean War. Garcia’s family held a memorial service Friday at the cemetery to officially say goodbye to Garcia. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Paul L. Foster Texas Tech School of Medicine Student Regent and now Doctor Jeremy W. Stewart speaks to the graduating class before being hooded Friday at the Plaza Theatre. Eighty seven Doctor of Medicine candidate received their degrees. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

New Mexico’s Jessie Hix flies through the air after colliding with UTEP’s Cayla Payne Sunday at University Field. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Khalid performs at a small show on his school's football field at Americas High School. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Pre-k grad Lonnie Lawrence searches for his parents after receiving his diploma Thursday from the James R. Vasquez Head Start Thursday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

Manuel Alvarado who portrays Sheriff Kerber in the Billy the Kid breakout show awaits the start of the reenactment Sunday during the Billy the Kid Festival Sunday. Alvarado is a member of the reenactment group Los Pistoleros de San Elizario. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Jeremiah Jones along with his big sister wave from the window of the 1904 Baldwin Steam Locomotive on display at the Train Show. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb dumps the water on head coach Dave Doeren after defeating Arizona State 52-31 in the Hyundai Sun Bowl Friday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

The Marine Honor Guard folds the casket flag of USMC Lt. Col. Enrique “Hank” Hernandez during a graveside service for the Vietnam Veteran Monday at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

Buy Photo

Buy Photo

UTEP guards Omega Harris, left, and senior Dominic Artis wave goodbye to fans after their final home game of the season Saturday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center. UTEP beat Charlotte 74-67. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES